A Waste of Time chords by Otis Redding
Verse 1
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Hi there
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Should I've asked you what's
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D
your name?
C
Should you've asked me the same?
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But dig
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Let's not be wasting our time
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C
Let's not lead each other blind
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If you don't want me
My heart can't strain, yeah,
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another time
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Verse 2
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There's only twenty four hours
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in a day
And that don't leave much
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time to play
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I don't dig that no way, honey
Coz my heart can't take it,
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no, another day
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Listen to me honey
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Verse 3
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I've been told by many different girls
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Bb
'Otis I love you, oh boy'
They tell me this from the bottom
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of their soul
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But they didn't mean it
Listen, I
Verse 4
C
I've been let down, yo
Hit the ground
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And called the biggest, the biggest fool
Biggest fool ever walked on this ground
Listen
Verse 5
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I can't stand it, no no no no,
To be built up, way on up,
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and let down
Being loved, yo,
C
is home in my mind
I don't like that
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I like for it to be from the heart
Verse 6
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And I found out later on I was
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Bb
wasting my time
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G
Gm
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Just a waste of time yeah
Verse 7
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Somebody understand what I'm saying
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What I say
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Bb
It's just a waste of time
Verse 8
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If you don't want me mama
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Don't just leave me hanging
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Don't just let me waste my time,
Verse 9
no no
Somebody
Somebody gotta get the message to me
No I don't wanna
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